Addie bond



(No Model.)

A. BOND.

CUF? RETAINER.

Patented Aug. 23, 1887.

IrwenZ-or;

JMLQLL. QVWL M asm@ www MT1-3D STATES Aran tirreno ADDIE BOND, OE NEW'YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR IO JOEL JENKINS, OF SAME PLACE.

CUFF-RLETAINER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 368,750, dated August23, 188'7.

Serial No. 203,000.

(No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADDIE BOND, a resident of the city, county, andState of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inCuff-Retainers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full andexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a partof this speci- Ie iication, in which- Figure l represents in perspectivethe application of my improved cuff-holder to a dress s leeve or cuff.Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of my improved cuff-holder detached, andFig..

i 5 3 illustrates a modification thereof.

My invention relates to a device adapted, principally, for confiningladies cuffs, its object being to afford an effective means for securingthe cuff to the sleeve of the dress by an 2o elastic or flexibleconnection easily attached and detached, and which may be readilyapplied to any sleeve without injury thereto and be concealed when soapplied.

It consists in the combination, with the 2 5 shield or guard of asafety-pin, of a fiexible loopl attached to said shield or guard toextend in line with the bar of the pin longitudinally therefrom,whereby, when the pin is affixed to the dress sleeve, the loop may becarried 3o around the button ofthe cuff or otherwise made fast to thecuff, and thus serve to confine the latter in its proper relation to theend of the sleeve, while the tension of the elastic upon the pin willnot operate to cause its detach- 3 5 ment, as in other cuff-holders ofthis class.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a safety-pin, which may be ofany approved construction, having a pointed elastic arm or pin, c,connected to an opposite arm, d, carrying a shield or guard, E, at itsextremity to receive and protect the pin-point.

O represents a cord, made preferably of rub- 'bcr or other suitableelastic material, looped and firmly attached to the shield or guard E 45 0f the pin.

The attachment of the iiexible loop O to the shield may be effecteddirectly by carrying the free ends of the cord, after it has beendoubled in a loop, through an aperture pierced in the 5e end of theshield and then knotting said ends,

as shown in Fig. 2; or, as a modification of this attachment, the loopmay be secured to the shield E by means of lateral offsets g g on saidshield, which are folded over and bent down upon the two free ends ofthe looped cord O to firmly clamp and retain the same, as shown in Fig.3. In either case the loop is so supported that it will extend, withoutbending, out from the end of the pin in position for ready attachment tothe button, and a firm se- 6o cure fastening of the looped cord to theshield or guard of the safety-pinris effected.

In the ordinary use of the device the safetypin is attached in thecustomary manner upon the inside of the dress-sleeve, where it will beconcealed from view, the attachment being preferably made to the seam ofthe sleeve, as shown in Fig. l. The loop may then be passed over thecuff-button, as required, and will effectively confine it in a neat andsecure manner and prevent the cuff from slipping out from the sleeve,without interfering with the free movement of the arm.

I do not claim, broadly, the combination of an elastic loop with asafety-pin, and I am aware that a simple loop of elastic cord hasheretofore been drawn through the eye formed in the coiled spring of asafety-pin for facilitati ng the fastening of a necktie toacollar-button, as iu Lawtons patent, No. 113,780, but 8o in practicethis device is useless as a cufffastener, from the fact that the rubbercord looped loosely through the eye will soon chafe and break, and,furthermore, because a strain upon the elastic when secured at the endof the pin farthest from its point tends to disengage the pins pointfrom its guard.

My invention differs from the devices heretofore known in the art inthat the shield of the pin is utilized to afford a firm secure hold 9ofor the ends of the rubber cord, so that they cannot chafe and wear, andthe loop is supported thereby in position for effective use at that endof the pin where the tension upon the loop Will operate to tighten andconfirm the hold of the pin upon the fabric and prevent itsdisengagement, while it presents a neater appearance, which admits ofmore facile :attachment than those now in use.

I claim as my invention 100 The Within-described ladys oui-holder, con-In testimony whereof I have signed my name ssting of a safety-pin, ametallio shield conto this specification in the presence of two sub- 1oning the point of the pin, and an elastic loop scribing Witnesses. madefast to the shield to extend outwardl 5 therefrom' in a line With thebar of the pin, thxe ADDIE BOND' ends of said loop being conned withinsaid Witnesses: shield, substantially as and for thel purpose set A. N.J ESBERA, forth. t S. A. STAVERs.

